Thursday, 31 March 2011

Firstly I found it hard to choose a D&AD brief, as not of them jumped out at me, so I was a little late than planned starting this brief. But once I started looking into my music, lyrics and album cover, I knew that I would enjoy it. As I listen to a very wide variety of music, I found it hard to narrow it down to a couple. As I was unsure if to choose a song with or without lyrics but overall I decided on two song with lyrics, as I thought it would be easier to betray them in illustrations.

So i decided on my favorite band, 30 seconds to mars and the songs were, edge of the earth and hurricane. I decided these when I brainstormed various lyrics and thought that I would be able to get a good variety of images from these.

From my brainstorms and early sketches, I create a series of outline vector drawing. Which I found quite easy, as I used the same techniques on my previous project. I found it slightly difficult when trying to put the different vectors together, as I wanted to create a scene and not just random images dotted around a page. After I finished both my illustrations in outline, I was unsure what treatment to give them. I experimented with just having coloured outlines, fill in them, using a block of colour and also textures, to give it a screen printed feel.

I originally wanted both illustrations to have the same colour treatment, but I overall I am pleased with my outcomes. The first illustration is simple but very striking with the red band across the centre, personally I think my early ideas, filling in the outlines with a screen print texture, did not betray the images across to the target audience. But I feel the second illustration needed this treatment, as it was abit more complex than the first illustration. And lastly I applied these images to a digital booklet. I used the originally album cover but then applied my art work with the lyrics, overall i feel illustration 1 works better with the overall 30 seconds to mars feel than the second illustration.

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Firstly I sketched out my ideas using my brainstorms from my previous blog. Then from that i created vector images that i could use in my illustration ideas.

For the lyrics-

You know enough to know the way

Stand out of the edge of the earth

Walk right in the sight of a gun

Look into the new future's face

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Sketch 3

Vector images

Sign post

Edge of the earth

Gun

Robotic Face

30 seconds to mars symbols

As the images are very different from each other, i will try to recreate a scene, like in my first sketches.

Illustration 2

I used the same principle, as for illustration 1, looked at my brainstorm, then decided which ones would be best to illustrate the song lyrics.

For the lyrics:

Nights that you lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain

No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget

Fire inside of this heart

The prayers that we have prayed were like a drug

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Vector Images

Tree

Tree with skulls

Person praying with needle

Praying hands with needle

Heart with flames inside

These images are very different and i found these harder to put into a scene. As in my previous sketches for song 1 But a think a wilted tree with skulls, person praying is best to betray the lyrics, I'm just having problems placing the burning heart. I will hang in from the tree in my further ideas.

Now using my sketch ideas and the vector drawing, i will experiment with layouts and colour treatments. As i am not sure if to just colour the outlines or actually fill them with colour or even add a texture effect.